![]() ![]() These are critical reflections on Dravidan and tamil nationalist politics from a dalit point of view. This book is sign post in understanding alternative culture and politics of Tamil society. These articles are a response of conscious dalit scholar to this situation. The initial years of this millennium witnessed the violent political turmoil of Tamil society, especially in Northern Tamil Nadu. These selective articles are translated and compiled as a book by Azhagarsan, English professor of University of Madras, who is closely following the politics of Tamil society in particular and contemporary cultural studies in general. ![]() Ravi Kumar’s recent book Venomous Touch Notes on Caste, Culture and Politics are compilations of essays that were published in alternate Tamil journals, such as Dalit, Dalita Murusu, Taaimann, Manusanga, Unnadham, Nirapirikai, Kalachuvudu in between 1993-2005. ![]()
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'A Baedeker of the past, absorbing and revealing in equal measure' Peter Ackroyd 'Brings the age's tortuous splendours and profound murkiness vividly to life' Observer When Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary in 1755, London was the biggest city in Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bucatinsky's soul-baring and honest stories tap into that all-encompassing, and very human, hunger to be a parent-and the life-changing and often ridiculous road to getting there. ![]() Selecciona el departamento donde deseas realizar tu búsqueda. In Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? Bucatinsky moves deftly from sidesplitting stories about where kids put their fingers to the realization that his athletic son might just grow up to be straight and finally to a reflection on losing his own father just as he's becoming one. : Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight: Confessions of a Gay Dad: 9781451660739: Bucatinsky, Dan: Libros. 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